Quick Guide to Current Monarchs, Heirs, Lines of Successions and Official Websites

Wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden with family and royal guests, June 2010 

Types of Laws of Succession

All photos of monarchs below are from Wikipedia.

Kingdom of Bahrain

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain

Kingdom of Belgium

Philippe, King of the Belgians

Kingdom of Bhutan

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Dragon King of the Kingdom of Bhutan

Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace

Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei

Kingdom of Cambodia

Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia

Kingdom of Denmark

Frederik X, King of Denmark

Kingdom of eSwatini (Swaziland)

Mswati III, King of eSwatini

State of Japan

Naruhito, Emperor of Japan

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

State of Kuwait

Mishal  Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait

Kingdom of Lesotho

King Letsie III of Lesotho

Principality of Liechtenstein

Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Malaysia

  • The sovereign of Malaysia is elected to a five-year term by and from among the nine Rulers of the Malay states (nine of the thirteen states of Malaysia that have hereditary royal rulers), who form the Conference of Rulers. For more information, see the link below.
  • Wikipedia: Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

Principality of Monaco

Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco

Kingdom of Morocco

Mohammad VI, King of Morocco

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands

Kingdom of Norway

Harald V, King of Norway

Sultanate of Oman

Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman

State of Qatar

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of Spain

King Felipe VI of Spain

Kingdom of Sweden

Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden

Kingdom of Thailand

King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand

Kingdom of Tonga

Tupou VI, King of Tonga

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Federal Supreme Council; Photo Credit – http://uaecabinet.ae/en/federal-supreme-council

  • The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates. Each emirate is governed by a hereditary emir who jointly form the Supreme Council, the highest legislative and executive body in the country. One of the emirs is selected as the President of the United Arab Emirates.
  • Current emirs of the seven emirates and members of the Supreme Council:

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, Emir of Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Emir of Dubai
Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi, Emir of Sharjah
Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Emir of Ajman
Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Emir of Fujairah
Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Emir of Umm al-Quwain
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Emir of Ras al-Khaimah

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Charles III, King of the United Kingdom